ISBN: 9780812970326 - title: the coffee trader (7 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: Good. 389 pages. Cover worn.The Edgar Award?winning novel A Conspiracy of Paper was one of the most acclai med debuts of the year. In his richly suspenseful second novel, author David Lis s once again travels back in time to a crucial moment in cultural and financial history. His destination: Amsterdam, 1659?a mysterious world of trade populate d by schemers and rogues, where deception rules the day.On the world?s first c ommodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a s harp-witted trader in the city?s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, know s this only too well. Once among the city?s most envied merchants, Miguel has lost everything in a sudden shift in the sugar markets. Now, impoverished and hu miliated, living on the charity of his petty younger brother, Miguel must find a way to restore his wealth and reputation.Miguel enters into a partnership with a seduc-tive Dutchwoman who offers him one last chance at success?a daring plo t to corner the market of an astonishing new commodity called ?coffee.? To s ucceed, Miguel must risk everything he values and test the limits of his commerc ial guile, facing not only the chaos of the markets and the greed of his competi tors, but also a powerful enemy who will stop at nothing to see him ruined. Migu el will learn that among Amsterdam?s ruthless businessmen, betrayal lurks ever ywhere, and even friends hide secret agendas.With humor, imagination, and myster y, David Liss depicts a world of subterfuge, danger, and repressed longing, wher e religious and cultural traditions clash with the demands of a new and exciting way of doing business. Readers of historical suspense and lovers of coffee (eve n decaf) will be up all night with this beguiling novel. …

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